Kosha Dillz Music Documentary: Rapping All Over

In 14 years in the rap game, Kosha Dillz has freestyle battled at the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe, played SXSW five times, appeared as a character in an NBA video game, been deported from Britain, stepped on Young Jeezy’s feet, and – here’s the clincher if you’re mulling a contribution to the Kickstarter campaign for his music documentary, Kosha Dillz Is Everywhere – he was the first artist to walk the red carpet at the BET Hip Hop Awards wearing a yarmulke and rapping in Hebrew. (He also does English and Spanish, sometimes all in the same song.)

The movie’s title isn’t all boast: the 31-year-old indie MC, born Rami Matan Even-Esh, split his childhood between New Jersey and Israel, now works out of LA, and says he’s been to every state but Arkansas. The subtitle, The Hustle to Happiness, is borne out in his donor perk list (which is pretty funny), which offers everything from a custom rap for your business (or dog) to a dinner date to a personal performance at your home, office, wedding, or bar mitzvah. But he’s no rapper-in-a-kippah novelty act - in the last few years he’s toured with Snoop and Drake, recorded with RZA (who appears in the movie, along with Mike Tyson and Matisyahu), and his track “Cellular Phone” was featured in a Super Bowl Bud Light commercial.

OK, that last part’s a little novelty-esque, but Kosha’s clearly got stories to tell. He makes no bones about hoping the movie will be his route to a much bigger audience, and just on the basis of his pitch video (also pretty funny), we’re up for it. “Sure I could use 100 grand, but I’ll be good with 8k for now,” he writes in his Kickstarter pitch, and most of that will go to hiring a pro editor to whittle down the hundreds of hours of footage Kosha has shot in the last few years with co-director Darah Golub and shape it into a storyline for a possible summer release. He’s closing in on both the deadline (February 4) and the 8k goal, and he definitely seems ready for his close-up. Check the video and click on the widget below to contribute or learn more.